John Paul Macdonald | HRM CA Hotlist 2014

With more than 70,000 employees worldwide, the Montreal-based company is one of the top train and plane manufacturers in the world. Despite global setbacks in the transportation industry, the organization has remained one of Canada’s top employers. It is also the only Canadian company to feature on Universum’s World’s Top 50 Most Attractive Employers list.

Macdonald brings his background in communications to the human resources role he has held at Bombardier for six years, leading the corporation’s talent management strategy. Over the years, Macdonald has developed a particular expertise in financial communications, crisis communications, and conflict resolution in situations as varied as share offerings, mergers and acquisitions, aircraft crashes, a murder trial, and strike actions.